SHOOT Magazine, the leading publication for commercial, branded content and entertainment motion pictures production, today announced the names of the 31 directors / directing teams who made the final cut to be included in the SHOOT 2013 11th Annual New Directors Showcase. The debut screening of the Showcase Reel will take place during SHOOT’s 11th Annual New Directors Showcase Event on Thursday, May 23rd from 6-10pm at the DGA Theatre in New York City. The Screening will be followed by a special “Meet the Directors” panel and After-Party. Earlier the same Day, SHOOT’s Directors/Producers Forum takes place at the DGA Theatre from 9:30am-4:45pm.
Come See The Work, Meet The Class of 2013, and Party: To attend the 11th Annual 2013 New Directors Showcase Evening Event & After Party Only: Submit a complimentary seating list REQUEST only.
The directors in this year’s Showcase come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Plus there are more than a dozen helmers who do not yet have production house affiliations. The work entered in the 2013 New Directors Showcase search spanned documentaries, features, commercials, shorts, alternative media content, TV programs, music videos, spec and student fare. The body of selected work represents a far reaching range of genres, styles, emotions and platforms, all reflected in SHOOT’s 11th Annual New Directors Showcase Reel.
There was a great deal of very strong work entered in the search that ultimately did not make the final reel. SHOOT Publisher, Roberta Griefer, noted that “letting directors know that they did not make the final Showcase is a difficult task but unfortunately the Showcase must be limited to approximately 30 pieces of work or the Showcase Event attendees would be sitting in the theater for days.” All directors who entered the 2013 Search were invited to keep SHOOT editors posted on their upcoming work and SHOOT looks forward to bringing many of them and their upcoming projects to SHOOT readers’ attention in the future.
The SHOOT 2013 11th Annual New Directors Showcase Reel features the following directors:
Olivier Agostini
Erik Anderson
Michele Atkins
Chuck Blumberg
Zach Borst
Brewer
Carmen Chaplin
Ross Ching
Grainger David
Lance Edmands
Ellen Houlihan
Ben Liam Jones
Ian Kammer
Jamie Kingham
Kyle Lavore
Kathleen Lorden
Los P�rez
Adam Makarenko
James Mann
Mark & Amanda
Stephanie Martin
Phillip Montgomery
Neaman/Southworth
Andreas �hman
Gabriel Olson
Noah Paul
Denis Parchow
Stephen Reedy
Aion Velie
Corydon Wagner
Anthony Wilson
On May 24th, SHOOT will post the New Directors Showcase reel plus individual pages on each director with pictures, video of work, additional Q&As, and contact information, on its Showcase website at nds.shootonline.com
SHOOT May 17th Issue will have special “New Directors Showcase” Profile Section
The May 17th issue of SHOOT will contain mini-profiles of each director and will include company affiliation and information on the work that will be screened during the debut screening of the 11th Annual New Directors Showcase Reel on Thursday May 23rd at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theatre in New York City. On May 24th the mini-profiles will appear on SHOOTonline and in the The SHOOT>e.dition. For companies interested in placing a “congratulations” ad in May 17th issue’s New Directors Profile section, please contact SHOOT Publisher as soon as possible at rgriefer@shootonline.com or 203/227-1699, ext 13 for special rates and ad specs. Ad Material is due by Monday, May 10th. SHOOT w